A typical grouping of buildings in the north of Benin.
This group included a bar where we ordered a beer and peanuts (below).

The outdoor restaurant at the center of the above
buildings. The dirt as a floor, and the abandoned, decaying structures
in the background, are common.

The countryside in northern Benin. We drove into Benin
from Togo to speak with a gathering of school teachers who were assembled
from the northern region. We invited them to our Institute On
World Problems seminar in Kara, Togo, later that month (June 2003).